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@dreadblades' art blog! Main fandoms are various Nintendo games (Legend of Zelda, Mario), World of Warcraft, Mega Man, Castlevania (game canon), and a slew of others.

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Alright this is my favorite ref sheet I've done so far

Charybdis! Evil granny. I don't know why she lends herself so well to fullbody work (I think mainly because it's way too much fun to work with her four arms, four arms is a fantastic design choice for any non-human character in fiction) but she is so consistently fun to draw

though it is funny that the way her dress works makes her torso look too long compared to her legs lmao

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I might have some notes for Transformers: Animated's writers about the morals they teach to children.

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Decided to do more artfight refs, this time for my gijinka Pumprincess and Pumpking

Figured the added detail would be useful anyway, and they're fun to draw :'3

(Fun note: Eduard/Pumpking is comically tall. I think I put his height somewhere in the ballpark of 8"10, which wikipedia tells me is just an inch less than the tallest a man has been recorded to be without having gigantism or another similar disorder. Adela/Pumprincess is only like, 5"3)

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Needed to practice basic animation so have a blinking Bond

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An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (Anime & Manga) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Ghost Kotsuzuka | Bonz & Pumpking the King of Ghosts Characters: Pumpking the King of Ghosts, Ghost Kotsuzuka | Bonz, Bandit Keith Howard Additional Tags: Duelists of the Roses as Backstory, Duel Monster POV, Dread, Protectiveness Summary:

His Majesty the Pumpking has seen tragedy strike the young men he looks after, over and over. Master Kotsuzuka makes three.

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Somehow it took me this long to realize I could scribble a ref for my older!Kotsuzuka design and put it up for ArtFight

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how can i ever resist doodling him. he's so pretty. my style only slightly yassifies him but let's be honest he was gd pretty in the original anime as well, it just depended how much sleep the animators got that week

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An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (Anime & Manga) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Insector Haga | Weevil Underwood/Yami Yuugi | Atem Characters: Insector Haga | Weevil Underwood, Yami Yuugi | Atem Additional Tags: tag team tournament, Blind Date, Technically Not Romantic but the Tournament Itself Was Meant To Be That, Basically This is the Rivals Phase of Rivals to Lovers, Rivals to Lovers Summary:

This tournament marketed itself as the opportunity to meet and strategize with a fellow Duelist, and perhaps, get to know them. Unfortunately, the partner matching process decided to put Yugi and Yami with the likes of Insector Haga, of all people. Never one to back down from a challenge, Yami decides that he'll make it work.

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> Doesn't draw this fandom for a couple of years > Posts this > I will explain nothing

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A couple more XCOM OC refs: Leon and Detlef! I am starting to vibe with this layout for character refs lol we'll see how long it lasts

Vipers are tricky to draw. It's mostly the head shape and the hood I think. Anyway Detlef's colour scheme comes from the blue racer snake, because blue racers are pretty

Also I didn't intentionally give Leon the same name as the pilot from the Bureau (not that I'm sure I've even seen anyone mention that character because the Bureau is only ever talked about because people like/theorize around Asaru lmao), but it does feel appropriate/ironic/funny to me to have a guy with a related ethnicity from the other side of the iron curtain have the same name (I say this because Bureau!Leon is one of two characters to mention the Cold War during the course of the game/use the word "Commies" in relation to Russians lmfao)

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show me your teeth

Monsterfucking hours consumed and compelled me to draw Echi's teeth (also because I tend not to draw her with her mouth open nearly enough)

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show me your teeth

Monsterfucking hours consumed and compelled me to draw Echi's teeth (also because I tend not to draw her with her mouth open nearly enough)

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I haven't done an AMV in a hot minute

Moxrider, with background Tomko (The Chosen Hunter)/Elena

Subtextually, yes. I never stop thinking about how Elena almost certainly has CPTSD from every man she ever even starts to care about getting kidnapped and/or killed in front of her. (Volk is apparently the only exception since he's not a romantic interest)

Oh, my comfortable niche of characters/ships with little to no screentime, I will never leave you

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Playing a bunch of Pokémon lately led to me coming up with Pokémon partners/teams for XCOM characters for fun. Naturally, the Reapers main Ghost-types and are specifically the Dusknoir line being favored by the higher ranks. Elena especially has one as her ace

I've got a piece for Mox pending, stay tuned for that!

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And here's Mox! I imagine the Skirmishers favoring Dark-types. Absol seemed the best fit for Mox as a man seeking to make things right from what he used to be doing. Stylizing Mox was a little tricker than stylizing Elena lol

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Playing a bunch of Pokémon lately led to me coming up with Pokémon partners/teams for XCOM characters for fun. Naturally, the Reapers main Ghost-types and are specifically the Dusknoir line being favored by the higher ranks. Elena especially has one as her ace

I've got a piece for Mox pending, stay tuned for that!

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Hello, forgive my excitement, but I wanted to say that I love your Thinmen/Viper OC, Bond! She's such a cool idea and concept that genuinely crossed wires in my brain- wondering how come Firaxis never explored a concept like Bond?? It strikes right in the territory of Envy (Full Metal Alchemists) and Mizu (Blue Eye Samurai) of peak and reminds me of a Masc presenting Ada Wong (Resident Evil) while feeling entirely unique in a setting like XCOM!! You absolutely cooked here and I hope others appreciate it too, pardon if the gushing is too strong though

It really makes me want to read up more on them or inspire me to write something

No worries, I'm glad you (and others) like Bond so much!! She does kinda benefit from being a little to the left of the stereotypical Tumblr Sexyman™ LOL

I'm sad that the Thin Men went by the wayside in general after EU/EW! I understand why they weren't in XCOM 2 (aside from the Speaker), but I would've loved to see them back in Chimera Squad as more than a background asset cameo (there's thin mint action figures in stock in some maps). Nothing against the Vipers, but the Thin Men were way more charismatic and charming, and whenever I play too much XCOM 2 I start to miss them. Replaying EU/EW tends to come from the sheer Desire to see my beloved thin mints in action again

As for Bond herself, you may have seen I do have fics of her up! do not borrow grief from the future is a somber discussion between her and my Ethereal OC Hawking; good-bye is too dangerous is her being a supportive friend to OC Diane "Cargo" Freeman as Cargo tries to decide whether or not to let her family know she's alive; and she does play more minor roles in the useless one and curiosity (she goes unnamed in that fic since it's from Berserker OC Echidna's perspective, and Echidna isn't exactly inclined to like her at first, but Bond is the "viper infiltrator" talking to her). I should write more Bond-centric fics honestly. Because everyone loves a thin mint :3